The Bossier banner., 1887-09-29
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 4
There are $1oO, 600. 900 invested /,

There are 800, ,0OO.0 900 invested in
the watch industry in this country. Z
The well-known West Point
foundry situated at Cold Spring, is to
j be sold. The establishment has been in
uninterrupted operation since 1919. and
achieved fame during the rebellion from
it's heavy guns.
"A new material, termed celluvert,
is now made by passing paper, or any
fibrous form of cellulose, through bath
of nitric acid; the glutinous surfaces 30
produced are then pressed together and
washed, when they form a very tough
and hard substance, useful in the in
dustrial arts.-Boston Budget.
According to DR.. Hellman, the Ger
man investigator of lightning statistics,
a house built on limestone foundation
that is, in district where the under
lying geological formation is limestone
is least exposed to danger from light
ming. In sandy region the danger is
nine times as great, and a dwelling on
loamy ground is twenty-five times as
uKely TO De SurucK.
An artificial ivory, of cream white
ness and great hardness, is now made
from good potatoes washed in diluted
sulphuric acid, then boiled in the same
solution until they become solid and
dense. They are then washed free of
the acid and slowly dried. This ivory
can be dyed and turned and made use
full in many ways. s.-ArkansaW Traveller.
"A method of clarifying water has
been devised by Prot. Dobroslayine.
of st. Petersburg. He uses first So
luton of perchloride of iron, and
follows that with a solution of carbon
| ate of soda The quantities are said to
be three grains Of the perchloride of
iron and four grains of the soda crys-
tails per gallon of water. er.-Boston Tran
script !.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter says
that strikes in the shoe trade during the
last year have cost in wages from
$5,O00.O 900 to $1,000. 900. Nearly half
this sum is said to have been lost in the
| five months strike in Winchester
County. Mass. The Wilmington strike
| of morocco workers lasted seven months
and cost 1925, 900. The strikes at Sa-
lem and Peabody. Mass, entail a loss
of s., 600. 900 in wages. Lesser strikes
bring up the total.
The government of the Australian
| colony of Victoria is about to undertake
the exploration of the interior of New
Guinea, by sending out an expedition
under the command of the Rev. j.
Chalmers, missionary who has ac-
quired a thorough knowledge of the
natives and great influence over them.
Recent explorations in the German part
of New Guinea show that the large
river named after the Empress Augusta
is navigable for small steamers to q
point two hundred and twenty-foul
miles from its mouth.-M. y Ledger.
Prof. Harvey w. Wiley has beer
long in the employ Of the Agricultura]
Department at Washington, endeavor
ing to master the whole subject ol
sugar from sorghum. He concludes
that the formation Of sucrose by the
plant is only an accidental or adventi
tious process, and only occurs from
waste material. He concludes from
this fact that sugar from sorghum viii
never be an industry that any one car
long engage in. as the results will b.
more OF less accidental. Sometime.
plants may yield a good percentage o.
sugar, at other times none at ALL
Boston Budget.